Dutch Tobago (intermittently)

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Dutch Tobago (intermittently) was a colonial possession on the island of Tobago that was periodically controlled and administered by the Dutch West India Company in the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial possession
former colony
territory of the Dutch West India Company
administeredBy Dutch West India Company
archipelago Windward Islands
charteredCompany Dutch West India Company
colonialAdministrationForm chartered company rule
colonialLegalStatus possession of a chartered company under the Dutch Republic
colonialPower Dutch Republic
colonialRivalryWith Duchy of Courland over Tobago
England over Tobago
France over Tobago
colonialType plantation colony
competingColonialPowers Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
surface form: Courland

England
France
conflictContext European colonial rivalry in the Caribbean
continent North America
controlPattern periodically controlled by the Dutch West India Company
country Dutch Republic
economy plantation agriculture
sugar plantations
geographicalFeature island colony
governedAs overseas possession of the Dutch West India Company
hasColonialMetropole Amsterdam
historicalEra Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
historicalStatus no longer exists as a political entity
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
knownFor frequent changes of colonial control
languageOfAdministration Dutch
locatedIn Caribbean
Lesser Antilles
Tobago
partOf Dutch colonial empire
presentDayCountry Trinidad and Tobago
presentDayLocation Trinidad and Tobago
surface form: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
region West Indies
religionOfColonialPower Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sea Caribbean Sea
startOfDutchColonialPresence 17th century
strategicImportance Caribbean trade
naval base potential
sugar cultivation
successorState Trinidad and Tobago
successorTerritory Tobago
surface form: British Tobago
temporalQualifier intermittent control

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Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company hasPart Dutch Tobago (intermittently)